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> I need new shocks, Koni or Bilsteins?
Jeroen
post Feb 26 2003, 07:13 PM
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I'll be shopping for a new set of 911 front struts soon, so I'd like to decide on what brand of shocks to use...

I'm still undecided. It'll be either yellow Koni's or Bilstein sports

I currently have the B-sports on my '87 carrera and I like them
But I've also driven Koni equiped cars, and couldn't really find much difference between them

Pro on the Bilsteins are the 'upside down' design and they won't be damaged when the suspension bottoms out.

On the other side, I think the adjustability of the Yellow Koni's would be nice feature too...

Whadda ya think???

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Jeroen
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Jeroen   I need new shocks   Feb 26 2003, 07:13 PM
Dave_Darling   Yours is a track car, yes? If so the adjustabilit...   Feb 26 2003, 08:02 PM
fuch toy   Koni is a good thang.....   Feb 26 2003, 08:03 PM
Brad Roberts   Koni's Jeroen. They really come alive with th...   Feb 26 2003, 08:07 PM
Jeroen   Thanks... Koni's it'll be then :D cheers,...   Feb 26 2003, 08:25 PM
ChrisReale   Come on Dude..Koni's are made in Holland, whic...   Feb 26 2003, 11:23 PM
Rich Bontempi   I would reccommend the koni sports also!!   Feb 26 2003, 11:33 PM
Jeroen   Yep, Koni is from the Netherlands. Actually, the f...   Feb 27 2003, 05:46 AM
Mark Henry   I have Bilsteins and I love them! :sweet: G...   Feb 27 2003, 09:20 AM
Dave_Darling   Yup! If you were building a street car, I wou...   Feb 27 2003, 11:32 AM
Alfred     Feb 27 2003, 12:02 PM
Lawrence914-6   I gotta choose. I can pick up a set of 4 Koni Yel...   Jun 2 2003, 09:50 AM
Brad Roberts   How old are you ?? I swear..age makes the decisio...   Jun 2 2003, 10:03 AM
Lawrence914-6   I'm just enough younger than you, that I can c...   Jun 2 2003, 10:17 AM
Gint   What's your Koni source?   Jun 2 2003, 10:24 AM
Lawrence914-6   Jason @ Paragon, of course. He's always first...   Jun 2 2003, 10:25 AM
Gint   I figured....   Jun 2 2003, 10:27 AM
kdfoust   Why not Bilstein heavy-duty (the normal Bilstein n...   Jun 2 2003, 10:43 AM
Lawrence914-6  
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Scott   OK...I'm old but here is my take on this. Bi...   Jun 2 2003, 11:19 AM
kdfoust   <...   Jun 2 2003, 04:03 PM
Mueller   After reading the latest article in Excellence abo...   Jun 2 2003, 05:49 PM
Mark Henry   To me it was a no brainer. I picked up a parts ca...   Jun 2 2003, 07:59 PM
Lawrence914-6   I have KYBs on the back of my /6, and God only kno...   Jun 2 2003, 08:16 PM
EPK   I have had the Koni Yellow gas Sport Shocks on my ...   Jun 2 2003, 09:22 PM
Aaron Cox   what is the difference between bilstein sports and...   Jun 2 2003, 09:52 PM
aufaber   <...   Jun 3 2003, 02:36 PM
Bleyseng   Monroe roadhandlers would be my guess to go with t...   Jun 3 2003, 03:48 PM
Greg Silva   Rusty, just curious - which way did you decide to ...   Jun 4 2003, 10:56 PM
garyh   I have the Bilsteins. Sports, I guess (at the tim...   Jun 5 2003, 12:07 AM
Lawrence914-6   I will probably go with the Koni yellows from Para...   Jun 5 2003, 09:33 AM
kdfoust   <...   Jun 5 2003, 10:01 AM
Lawrence914-6   It's not just "doing the suspension"... it...   Jun 5 2003, 10:28 AM
Mark Henry   <...   Jun 5 2003, 10:35 AM
Mueller   Bilstien Sports are supposedly better suited for l...   Jun 5 2003, 10:40 AM
Lawrence914-6  
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Greg   So how do you determine if the existing Koni's...   Jun 5 2003, 12:37 PM
seanery   Rusty, I don't know how you can find ANYTHING...   Jun 5 2003, 01:27 PM
aufaber     Jun 5 2003, 02:30 PM
Lawrence914-6   Yeah, they probably need some help with their HTML...   Jun 5 2003, 03:24 PM
DNHunt   Need some suggestions. This is my driveway. Everyo...   Jun 6 2003, 04:03 PM
ChrisReale   No, you are not crazy, just Autocross-ism-ized. :m...   Jun 6 2003, 04:36 PM
Aaron Cox   pardon my ignorance, :gilloutine: , but i need t...   Jun 6 2003, 04:40 PM
DNHunt   If the Koni sports are on full soft how harsh will...   Jun 6 2003, 04:48 PM
Lawrence914-6   Aaron, Best prices I could find: Full set of Kon...   Jun 6 2003, 04:58 PM
Aaron Cox   to me, that is a grip of money! i work as a li...   Jun 6 2003, 05:23 PM
Lawrence914-6   Aaron, hold a sec. If you plan on doing the upgra...   Jun 6 2003, 05:28 PM
Aaron Cox   well, as of last summer...i did a complete 4 corne...   Jun 6 2003, 05:44 PM
ChrisReale   My Koni yellows were $165 each=$330 Tors...   Jun 6 2003, 06:00 PM
ChrisReale     Jun 6 2003, 06:02 PM
Lawrence914-6   Well.. the choice is yours, of course. But you ca...   Jun 6 2003, 06:05 PM
DNHunt   Chris, Can an old guy put up with the ride (I kno...   Jun 6 2003, 06:07 PM
ChrisReale   I guess it depends what you want to do with the ca...   Jun 6 2003, 06:22 PM
ChrisReale     Jun 6 2003, 06:23 PM
Mueller   This is for comparing Koni Reds to Koni Yellows (I...   Jun 6 2003, 06:42 PM
Bleyseng     Jun 6 2003, 06:49 PM
DNHunt  
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Bleyseng   That was my reasoning with Blair also, to do the d...   Jun 6 2003, 07:41 PM
DNHunt   Thanks Guys. I'll enjoy the car this summer, ...   Jun 6 2003, 07:53 PM
Greg Silva   Geoff, Dave, Chris - I just managed to get caught ...   Jun 6 2003, 11:42 PM
DNHunt   Just priced what I think I would need to do the su...   Jun 7 2003, 09:14 AM
Bleyseng   Brad is working on a group buy for some konis. He ...   Jun 7 2003, 09:30 AM
Mueller   Dave, For a street car I'd just make sure eve...   Jun 7 2003, 11:43 AM
Bleyseng   Stock sucks IMHO... The best combo for the money ...   Jun 7 2003, 12:16 PM
Mueller  
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Greg Silva   Chris mentioned street Weltmeister bushings. Does...   Jun 7 2003, 02:47 PM
Bleyseng   Mike, Dave's car hasn't had any upgrades t...   Jun 7 2003, 03:18 PM
Mueller   Greg, At a minimum, the stock rubber bushings sho...   Jun 7 2003, 04:39 PM
DNHunt   This discussion is great. Geoff's right nothin...   Jun 7 2003, 05:12 PM
Greg Silva   Mike, thanks very much for the thoughts. One more...   Jun 7 2003, 05:25 PM
ChrisReale   I think Weltmeister makes a Street and Race versio...   Jun 7 2003, 06:11 PM
Racer Chris   I guess there's room for one more opinion on t...   Jun 8 2003, 04:04 AM
tod914   I recently had bilsteins put on my car with 100lb ...   Jun 8 2003, 06:26 AM


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